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Article title AND Authors (copy Was assignment Was follow-up Were the Were patients, Were the Aside from the Overall,
YEAR and paste ALL of subjects to adequate & patients health workers, groups similar experimental study va
the names) treatments complete? analyzed in the and study at the start of intervention,
randomized? groups to which personnel the trial? were the
they were “blind” to groups treated
randomized? treatment? equally?
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